KICKAPOO TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA v. LUJAN

Civ. A. No. 89-2052 SSH.

728 F.Supp. 791 (1990)

KICKAPOO TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA, on behalf of themselves and as parens patriae, Traditional Council of the Texas Band of Kickapoo, on behalf of themselves and as parens patriae, Isidro Salazar, Debra Garcia, and Irene Garza Spoon, Plaintiffs, v. Manuel LUJAN, Secretary of the Interior, and William Ragsdale, Assistant Secretary of the Interior-Indian Affairs, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold M. Gross and Marsha Kostura, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

James M. Upton, Land and Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


OPINION

STANLEY S. HARRIS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction and defendants' motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs seek to enjoin defendants from recognizing and dealing with a newly-created independent Texas Band of Kickapoo Indians. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiffs' motion is denied, defendants' motion is granted, and the case is dismissed.

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